Questions tagged [flags]
For questions about the flagging process, how flags are handled, etc., use this tag.
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What should we do with completely offtopic open-ended questions (unless we are facebook support now)? [duplicate]
I just stumbled about an open ended question about... getting a cryptic error while trying to create a facebook page.
Is this thing now okay to post here? (If so, I'll have some questions about a ...
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Stack Overflow now uses machine learning to flag spam automatically
Update: We've deployed machine learning auto-flagging
Given the positive reception, we've activated machine learning anti-spam's auto-flagging feature, as detailed below. Staff will be monitoring its ...
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Count raising a flag as a review in staging ground
in the case of spam in a staging ground question, which happens a lot from my observation, raising a flag for spam is at this point not counted as a review. I think it should count as a review for ...
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Flagging a (specific?) spam deleted question results in error "Unable to load popup - please try again"
I tried to flag this spam deleted question to ask for the poster to be deleted as well (as the account seems to have been created for the purpose of spamming only). Unfortunately, when I click "...
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How do I handle non-English answers now that the "Very Low Quality" flag has been removed?
Just recently the "Very Low Quality" flag was removed. From Is there any reason to keep the "very low quality" flag? If not, can we remove it immediately? If so, can we rename it ...
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Rate-limited flagging attempt shows generic error message instead of the actual error
Since the comments overhaul, submitting a second comment flag within 5 seconds of a previous comment flag (haven't tested on post flags) now shows a generic, unhelpful error message:
Before the ...
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Should I leave a comment when flagging VLQ/NAA answers?
In the scenario where I encounter a post that isn't an answer but without context could be seen as such by a person without expertise in the topic, what should I do? Is leaving a comment for the ...
DharmanMod
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How should I handle a sudden burst of blatantly nonsense, code-only "answers"?
Recently, I observed there is a steady stream of code-only answers, which seems completely irrelevant to the question.
A few examples:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/79557842
https://stackoverflow.com/a/...
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Is there a way to see your flags that have been recently resolved?
I'm aware of the flag summary page, and I can see what flags were helpful, disputed, declined, etc, however, best I can tell this page does not tell you when a flag was resolved apart from in a ...
Thom AMod
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Is critiquing other answers spam/rude/abusive?
An answer post here was marked as rude/spam/abusive. The content of the post is:
The answers found here are incomplete or unreliable.
First, the answers based on the exact locations for Linux, ...
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Should flagging in the Staging Ground subtract from daily flags?
I just flagged several comments and a post in SG. My flag count before was 100. My flag count after was 100. It told me in the flag dialog every time I went to flag another one how many flags I had ...
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How should a user handle a joke answer? [duplicate]
What should someone do when they find an answer, that while seemingly trying to address the question, is very obviously a joke post which doesn't actually provide any useful information? Should they ...
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Staging Ground should not generate certain mod autoflags
Staging Ground has been a boon to new questions, but there is a minor issue I noticed as a moderator: some autoflags should not activate for SG posts.
Too Many Owner Edits
Staging Ground is a place ...
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How should homework dump questions be handled in Staging Ground?
Here is a recent example from Staging Ground.
A question was posted to Staging Ground, but no question was asked. It looks like the entire body of the question is copy-pasted directly from a homework ...
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How to handle code-only answers that are entirely copied, verbatim, from the question itself?
Recently I have noticed a few code-only answers coming into the New Answers to Old Questions (aka NATO) queue that consist entirely of large chunks of code copied verbatim from the question itself, ...
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